What is IGNOU certificate course?
It is a 6-month course. When the student takes admission then they need to give only one exam and then they get the certificate.
What is the Eligibility Criteria for the IGNOU Certificate courses?
10th pass in a relevant discipline or an equivalent grade from a recognized institution.
This is the basic eligibility requirement but there are specific eligibility requirements (10 + 2) according to the choice of subject.
Is there any Entrance exam required for this certificate course?
There is no entrance exam. Selection is based on merit.
What is the course duration of this course?
Minimum Course Duration is 6 months and Maximum Course Duration is 2 Years.
Can you provide a list of Duration and Eligibility of Courses Offered by IGNOU certificate course?
| Degree | Course | Duration | Eligibility |
| Certificate | Community Radio (CCR) | six months | 10+2 or equivalent qualification. |
| Certificate | Creative Media Arts-Digital Sound (CCMA) | six months | 10+2 (preference will be given to those students with a science background) |
| Certificate | Indigenous Art Practices | Two Years | No Bar – Any qualification |
| Certificate | Visual Arts | One Year |
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| Certificate | Performing Arts (Music and Dance) – Theatre Arts, Karnataka Music, Hindustani Music, Manipuri, Kathakali, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi, Kathak and Bharatnatyam | One Year | 10th Pass |
| Certificate | HIV and Family Education | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU OR Matriculation with higher qualification recognized by Central/State Government |
| Certificate | Home Based Care Provider | six months | 10th Pass |
| Certificate | Diabetes Care for Community Worker | six months | 10+2 (preferably with science) |
| Certificate | Health Care Waste Management | six months | Doctors, Nurses, other Professional Workers with a minimum of 10 + 2 Qualification |
| Certificate | Newborn and Infant Care | six months | Nursing professionals (RNRM) with Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) /BSc Nursing or above. |
| Certificate | Competency Enhancement for Auxiliary Nurse Midwife(ANM)/Female Health Worker | six months | In service ANMS/ FHWS who have qualified Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)/ Female Health Worker (FHW) training course (Revised) with minimum of two years of work experience OR Those who have qualified Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)/ Female Health Worker (FHW) training course with a minimum of three years of work experience |
| Certificate | Maternal and Child Health Care | six months | Nursing Professionals (RNRM) with Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and above OR Auxilary Nurse Midwife (ANM)/Female Health Worker(FHW)/Health Supervisor (HS)/Lady Health Visitor(LHV)/Public Health Nurse(PHN) |
| Certificate | Security Management | six months | 10th pass |
| Certificate | Fire Safety | six months | 10th pass |
| Certificate | Spoken English and Personality Development | six months | 8th Pass and proficient in Hindi |
| Certificate | Air Ticketing | six months | 10+2 |
| Certificate | Airline In-Flight Services | six months | 10+2 Pass |
| Certificate | Travel Agency Operations | six months | 10+2 Pass |
| Certificate | Tour Guiding Skills | six months | 10+2 Pass |
| Certificate | Food Safety | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent |
| Certificate | Nutrition and Childcare | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | Food and Nutrition | six months | No Formal Qualification. |
| Certificate | Early Childhood Special Education Enabling Inclusion (Hearing Impairment) | six months | 10th pass |
| Certificate | Early Childhood Special Education Enabling Inclusion (Visual Impairment) | six months | 10th pass |
| Certificate | Early Childhood Special Education (Mental Retardation) | One Year | 10th pass |
| Certificate | Early Childhood Special Education (Cerebral Palsy) | One Year | 10th pass |
| Certificate | Rural Development | six months | Bachelor’s Degree |
| Certificate | Disaster Management | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent to BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | Environmental Studies | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent to BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | Business Skills | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent |
| Certificate | Entrepreneurship | six months | 10+2 |
| Certificate | NGO Management | six months | 10+2 OR Matriculate with at least three years of work experience in NGO sector |
| Certificate | Empowering Women Through Self-Help Groups | six months | 10+2 |
| Certificate | Craft and Design (Pottery) | six months | Functionally Literate. |
| Certificate | Shoe Upper Cutting | six months | 8th pass and employed with footwear industry |
| Certificate | Shoe Upper Stitching | six months | 8th pass and employed with footwear industry |
| Certificate | Leather Goods Making | six months | 8th pass |
| Certificate | Competency in Power Distribution | six months | 8th Pass (Non-sponsored candidates); or Technician/ equivalent, trade-man or manpower working in power sector (sponsored candidates); or General candidates or private electricians at least |
| Certificate | Shoe Lasting & Finishing | six months | 8th pass and employed with footwear industry |
| Certificate | Motor Cycle Service and Repair | two months | Functionally literate working motorcycle technicians |
| Certificate | Information Technology (CIT) | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | House Keeping Operation | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent |
| Certificate | Front Office Operation | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent |
| Certificate | Tourism Studies | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent |
| Certificate | Food & Beverage Service Operation | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent |
| Certificate | Laboratory Techniques | six months | Pass in 10+2 standard or equivalent with science subject OR Pass in 11 year higher secondary or equivalent with science subjects and one year of experience of working in a school/college/university science laboratory OR Pass in X standard or equivalent with science subjects and two years of experience of working in a school/college/university science laboratory |
| Certificate | Teaching of Primary School Mathematics | six months | 10th pass/Working nursery, primary or elementary teachers OR passed AMT under Associate Studentship Scheme |
| Certificate | Consumer Protection | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | Human Rights | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | International Humanitarian Law | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | Anti-Human Trafficking | six months | 10+2 or its equivalent or BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | Co-operation, Co-operative Law and Business Laws | six months | 10+2 for in service personnel (with min. 3 years service) and any Degree for Freshers |
| Certificate | Teaching English as a Second Language | six months | Graduates or three (3) years of BELED Or 2 years PTT, ETT or 10+2 with two years of teaching experience. |
| Certificate | Urdu Language | six months | 10th Pass |
| Certificate | Functional English (Basic level) | six months | 10+2 with preferably six (6) years of English at the school level. |
| Certificate | German Language | six months | Adults who have successfully completed 10+2 or equivalent. |
| Certificate | Japanese Language | six months | Adults who have successfully completed 10+2 or equivalent. |
| Certificate | French Language | six months | Adults who have successfully completed 10+2 or equivalent. |
| Certificate | Arabic Language | six months | Adults who have successfully completed 10+2 or 18 years of age. |
| Certificate | Elementary Teacher Education | six months | In Service elementary teachers holding Graduate degree and above in any stream. |
| Certificate | Primary Education | six months | Untrained/under-trained in-service teachers having passed Matriculation/H.S.C./10+2 standard or above, with teaching experience of five (5) years at primary/elementary level in a recognized school of North-Eastern states and Sikkim. |
| Certificate | Guidance | six months | Teachers of recognized institutions. Or Pass in Matriculation/SSC Or BPP from IGNOU |
| Certificate | Primary Curriculum and Instruction | six months | Completion of Module of DPE |
| Certificate | Primary Teaching | six months | Matric/HSC/+2 working teacher with 2 years teaching experience |
| Certificate | Sericulture | six months | 10th pass out or Non-10th pass-out, having 2 years experience in the field of Sericulture. The experience certificate should be from the extension officials of the Dept of Sericulture/Agriculture/Extension/ Recognized NGOs/Industry |
| Certificate | Water Harvesting and Management | six months | 10th pass or Bachelor Preparatory Programme (BPP) from IGNOU. |
| Certificate | Poultry Farming | six months | 8th pass |
| Certificate | Bee Keeping | six months | 8th pass |
| Certificate | Organic Farming | six months | 10+2 pass-outs / Bachelor in Preparatory Programme (BPP) from IGNOU |
Is IGNOU certificate valuable?
Value of graduation certificate from IGNOU has same value as that of certificate from any other recognized university. IGNOU is affiliated with UGC and AICTE. So, all the candidates who have passed graduation degree from IGNOU are eligible for government jobs.
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